Sermons on Shepherd

During this Easter season we are reminded once again that Jesus is in the business of blessing us with life. Therefore any voice that threatens to take life away, that threatens to destroy or steal or kill, literally or theoretically, is not the voice of the good shepherd. So even if someone comes in the […]

Sometimes as we approach the gate of faith, we are unsure of who we are. We can become so accustomed to the other gates that we have experienced in our lives that we think that the gate of Christ is just another gate where we have to prove that we are someone worthy to enter. […]

Today Jesus reminds us that we are his sheep and he is our shepherd and that nothing can take us out of his hand. And while this is a comfort for some, the questions of why tragedies happen in this world even as we are in God’s hand can leave us puzzled. What does it […]

Now, more than ever, we need to hear the message of the angels who come to shepherd vulnerable people like you and me who wonder, “Is the world we live in capable of being saved (salvaged)?” We are worried about fiscal cliffs, secure homes and schools, and losing freedoms. Is there a word from God that […]

Using the combined images of abundant life and the good shepherd’s mission, this sermon invites the hearer to not be “afraid to death” but “live to death.” The sermon expands the lectionary text by one verse. Adding “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

On what was traditionally a break from Lenten rigors, Laetare or “Refreshment Sunday uses Psalm 23 as its psalmody. This sermon adds a twist to “surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the lord forever. Included in this sermon is a […]